Try installing bleachbit. It might be able to handle the snapshots, etc. On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > Turns out that this does work for EBS volumes: > > # attach volume to instance > ebs=/dev/xvdj2 > shred --iterations=0 --zero --verbose ${ebs} > od -bc ${ebs} > # detach volume from instance > > The attaching/detaching happen via the API or the management console. > > Now to figure out how to wipe snapshots and S3 objects. > > Hope everyone had a festive Thanksgiving. > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sounds right to me, Robert. Email Jans & ask him. >> >> Scott >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Contact info at http://granneman.tel >> >> On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone wiped an EBS volume under Linux on AWS? If so, how? >>> >>> I imagine it's just a matter of mounting the EBS as another volume and >>> running shred/wipe on /dev/sda (or whatever is the device). Or is >>> there more to it? >>> >>> The closest google search I could find was this one, which is more >>> about securing public AMIs: >>> >>> http://alestic.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=EBS&limit=20 >>> >>> Regards, >>> - Robert >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Talking about cloud: >>>> >>>> http://aws.amazon.com/free/ >>>> >>>> Linux works pretty well with that. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> - Robert >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Thomas Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Are we meeting Sunday? >>>>> Any particular topics? >>>>> Will apple continue to update its os as they focus on a cloud >>>>> environment? How well will the linux variants work with a cloud >>>>> environment? Thomas Kirk >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >>> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >>> To post: [email protected] >>> To subscribe: [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> >> -- >> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> To post: [email protected] >> To subscribe: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
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